dtype({'names': ['f0', 'f1', 'f2'], 'formats': ['u1', '>> print_offsets(dt) offsets: [0, 8, 16] itemsize: 24 >>> packed_dt = rfn.repack_fields(dt) >>> packed_dt dtype([('f0', 'u1'), ('f1', '>> print_offsets(packed_dt) offsets: [0, 1, 9] itemsize: 17 )